BIS Certification: Understanding

Automobile Wheel Rim

Component (Quality Control)
Order, 2020
“High quality” and “top quality” are some of the terminologies used so often by manufacturers to
represent their products that they’ve all but most of the time lost their impact on skeptical sales. 



Certification, on the other hand, is another matter-particularly certifications that are recognized
and respected all over India. These certifications provide third-party validation of quality using
the most stringent standards and continual reevaluation.



Bureau of Indian Standard BIS Certification is India’s most respected manufacturing

certification authority and now the regulatory, enforcing, and certifying authority for Automobile
Wheel Rim Component (Quality Control) Order, 2020.  



The draft, entitled “Automobile Wheel Rim Component (Quality Control)”, presented by The
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and stipulates that from October 1, 2020,
where the department has drawn up appropriate quality standards for the vehicle rims to create
specific requirements of the standard from importers and promote the local industry. 
This is to be notified that all-wheel rims domestically made or any imports in India must be
certified under BIS Certification of Wheel Rim standards. And it has been clearly mentioned in
the notice that any manufacturer contravenes the provision of this order will be liable to
punishment under the provision of Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.
While it is provided that nothing in this order is going to be applied on the automobile wheel
rims meant for export.



The new proposed regulation is to ensure greater road safety. In line with this, the government is
in the process of revising the technical specifications of another 350 products to increase safety
and quality, imposing higher standards on imports, and promote local wheel rim
manufacturers. The draft for quality control of rims includes products for two-wheelers, three-
wheelers, electrically powered vehicles, passenger cars, and commercial vehicles. The Bureau of
Indian Standards (BIS) is responsible for the certification and implementation of the new quality
standards.



Below are the Table showing the goods and articles on which the drafted order is going to be
applied:

Sr.No. Goods and Indian Standard Title of the India Standard

articles

1 Wheel Rim- IS: 16192 (Part 1) Automotive Vehicles-

Category 2W,
3W,e- rickshaw Wheel Rims for Two and Three
and e-cart
Wheeled Vehicles

Part 1 Light Alloy Wheel Rims -

Method of Tests and Requirements

2 Wheel Rim- IS: 16192 (Part 2) Automotive Vehicles-

Category 2W,
3W,e- rickshaw Wheel Rims for Two and Three
and e-cart
Wheeled Vehicles

Part 2 Sheet Metal Wheel Rims -

Method of Tests and Requirements
 3 Wheel Rim- IS: 16192 (Part 3) Automotive Vehicles-
Category 2W,
3W,e- rickshaw Rims for Two and Three Wheeled
and e-car Vehicles

Part 3 spoke Wheel Rims - Method of

Test and Requirements

The mandatory BIS Certification for Wheel Rims comes under the category of ISI
Certification. This certification is a mandatory type-5 certification and requires factory audit and
sampling testing. Mainly for industrial and consumer goods, such as household appliances, steel
material, car tires and rims, etc 



The Benefits of the Scheme for the Importers and Domestic Manufactures: BIS Certification of
Wheel Rim



• This certification will meet national, regional, or industry compliance requirements

depending on the scheme



• Demonstrates your products comply with product Standards




• Demonstrates you have a recognized quality management system

   governing your processes



• Demonstrates your commitment to 3rd party review of your products




• Ongoing surveillance of products helps you spot unauthorized component

  swaps from suppliers



• Consumers, end-users, retailers, importers, and distributors recognize the

  value of third party certification and this provides them with product
 confidence.



• As the assessment process is robust certification can be used as evidence of

 meeting your duty of care to supply safe good if you are challenged with product liability
 accusations





Proposed Guidelines of Inspection and Testing

1. LABORATORY - A laboratory shall be maintained which shall be suitably equipped (as per
the requirement given by the authority and staffed, where different tests given in the specification
shall be carried out in accordance with the methods given in the specification.



1.1 The manufacturer shall prepare a calibration plan for the test equipment.
2. TEST RECORDS – The manufacturer shall maintain test records for the tests carried out to
establish conformity.



3. LEVELS OF CONTROL - The tests like Rotation Bending Fatigue Test, Radical Load
Durability Test, Radical Impact Resistance Test, Torsion Moment Test, and Air Leak Test shall be
carried out on the whole production of the factory which is covered by this plan and appropriate
records should be maintained.



3.1 All the production which conforms to the Indian Standards and is covered by the license
should be marked with Standard Mark.



5. REJECTIONS – Disposal of the non-conforming product shall be done in such a way so as to

ensure that there is no violation of provisions of BIS Act, 2016.
Below are the Table showing the goods and articles on which the drafted order is going to be
applied: